New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-07-03
COMMENT AND ANECDoTE.

COMMENT AND ANECDOTE.
MEN AND WOMEN NET HERE AND THERE
Senator George r. Hoar. of Massachusetts has great
aversion to being made the subject OF newspapers
interview. He says that whatever public man
wishes TO say to the public should DO put Over his
own signature Whenever newspaper reporter
attempts to make inquiries Of the Senator the replies
long series of blanks. New-York reporter
introduced himself to the Senator recently for tho
fifteenth time. +" Have met you before - asked
Senator Hoar. Certainly" said the reporter. :"
have met you great many times" Well, do not
care to be interviewed and you must not quote me-"
said the Senator. Just then Uriah Painter the old
Washington newspaper correspondent, came up and
began asking the Senator questions about tho Inter-
state Commerce law and its operations in Massa-
chussts Painter is interested financially IN railroad
matters, aud bis inquiries were made for his
personal benefit Senator Hoar, however had seen
HIM in conversation few nom ents before with the
reporter concsived the horrible idea that Painter
engaged In some kind OF scheme with the
preston of his opinion for publication without his
consent. It TOOK Painter fifteen minutes to remove
this impression from the Senator's mind and he Is not
quite satisfied yet that be was wholly successful.
In talking with public school te,chsrs regret is
almost universally expressed that parents take little
interest in the schools and rarely visit them
Even on reception days it is only few mothers who
gather in the school roons to hear the little ones
make their public display OF acquiremonts. One
reason tor this is possibly the crowded condition Of
the schools, which leaves scant accommodations foa
guests At recent public occasion In one Of the up
town schools whele the room was crowded, seventy
ii guests was the limit, and for most of shem only
standing could be found. Ia the Fifty-fonrth-
st. school the other day found similar condition of
things. BY the way, the general tone and atmosphere
OF this school Ia one that might wisely be emuated
over the city Its especially noticeable features
this cleanliness OF the pupils ond tho beauty OF their
surroundings Flowers bloomcd in all parts OF the
rooms, and pictures hung the walls making the
scene at once artistic, inspiring aud elevating
Roscoe Conkling carries his law reports and briefs
with him to and from Central Park. where he goes TO
drive every afternoon, and generally gets into the
shady a street-car to read while going mp
and coming down. He Is one Ut the most studious
men OF the New- York bar.
Inadvertently I have aroused the Indignation of a
great army of young who their living by
selling goods from behind counters by abiding to
them as shop girls Thereby l have learned some
lessons about the social structure behind the counters
had supposed that the good old generic English
term shop-girI," might properly be applied to every
woman who sold goods to a shopper 1t seems, how.
ever, that the young women OF New-fork who
correspond In position TO the male counter jumDer
deem themseles entitled to be called sales ladies"
and are even offended at the term sales woman In
their private vocabulary shop girl is one who works
in the factories The term shop girl, however, will
probably still satisfy the great majority OF the people
who believe Ia plain Anglo-Ssxon.
Sitting alongside lady in the elevated train the
other day she had occasion to adjust portion of her
dress which was fastened with black pin, when tbs
head broke IN ira ments and disclosed the fact tha6
it some kind OF composition fastened on q broken
needle Curiosity led me to make some Inquiries
and found tho. nearly all the black headed pins In
the market made rom needles which are broken in
the factories in testing the eyes. Anv who has
Had fba aaE a1 niu haz rhahl
their remarkable Sharpness as compared With the
ordinary white pins sold in the market This IL the
explauation-that they old needles.
I have heard story Of an occurrence in Lond,n,
which is an example Of the some persons have
to be recognized while abroad az somebod;es' John
P. BigelOw. bright Western man who was engaged
for time IN OF the departments at Washing
ton, went abroad and made considerable money in
telephones and electrical inventions. On the day OF
the meeting of the Republican National Convention
ct Chicago in 1884, he gave dinner party in Lon
don to a number of English friends, to whom he
mentioned incidentally before they passed into the
dining room that his friends at home were urging him
to accept nomination Vice President The dinner
was partially served when the butler brought in
telegram which Mr. Biselow asked permission to open.
He glanced at It, pursed his lips called tor telegraph
blank and wrote answer which was sent away.
Then he handed his dispatch around tia. his English
friends might read 1t. It was about as follows:
"CHIcAGO ILL.,, June 1.-The convention Is as
the ticket"
He explained that it was from his friends ia the
convention but thas he could not think OF accepting
the nomin alton and had replied that under circum-
stances would he allow the use of his name. The
manner in which ne thus heiuSea tne sseoha
English friends. Ii never occurred to chem that he
had written the telegram himself
Street fakrs adopt many curious means of attract
ing purchasers. One of the most novel is that OF a
, Dung colored man who sells dogs on lower Broad
way. Underneath the collar of the puppy he thrusts
handful of greenbacks National bank currency,
doubling the bills In the centre and folding them back
to form huge ruale of green paper around the
animals neck. With dog thus adorned under mis-
he is quite spectacle and finds good many
who are attracted by his novel method OF
advertising
Police Captain Williams has had some curious ex.
perience with people who have gathered their ideas
about him from the series of attacks that were made
on him for many years by portion of the New-fork
press. He went to the ST. Lawrence River on an ex-
cursion year two ago. On the deck OF the steamer
where he sat with his wife, couple of gentlemea
by began 10 dis the police force OF NewYork.
when one OF them dropped into talk about Captain
Williams himself. According to the young mans
relation to his friend, Captain Williams about tho
toughest and worst of ODDS creation. Captain
Williams stood it for long time, being tempered BY
the tact that his wite's hand was on bis right arm
with o restraining pressure. lie finally turned round
and said beg your pardon, sir. But do you know
Captain Williams about whom you are talkingP
The reply was received: " No. sir 1 never met him
and I never saw him." swell. sir" was the
Captains reply he displayed his shield, ~ am
Captain Williams and want to say to you that
IL were bad as you have pictured me could yet
spit a man who would talk about person be did
not know al Won have talked about me-" There was
no more conversation possible but IL sequel
to the episode. just bet.re the Captains departure
from the boat there rap on the door OF his
stateroom, aud opening it he found his trsducer.
The young fellow evidently had manly qualities IN
him. for he said Captain Will ANS, did not like
to leave this boat without speaking to you. In tins
first place think ought to make an apology and in
the next place want to tell you that have learned